One More Question to Ask About the New York Tunnel Bomb Plot Story

Ask yourself why, just weeks ago, the president signed off on a revised plan to drastically cut homeland security funding to New York City while dramatically increasing it to far less desirable targets in the West and Midwest.

The Bushies said it was because there really weren't any big targets in New York City (compared with the cows and corn out West). Apparently, the United Nations building, the New York Stock Exchange, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State building, and yes, even those tunnels are of no interest to those who would conspire to commit a devastating terror attack.

But at least as important a question as why the Bushies would cut such funding to New York is why the press has largely (although not entirely) not bothered to raise the issue of this funding cut in light of the revelation of this supposed plot in the New York Daily News this week. Again and again, the press is complicit in not bothering to point out anything that is unflattering - and God forbid, critical an incriminating - to this administration.